Hôtel Van Eetvelde

Since 2023, Hôtel Van Eetvelde is now open to the public. The building also houses the Art Nouveau Laboratory, a space for the promotion of Art Nouveau. While the outside of this mansion is not Brussels’ most gripping, its interior is a Horta masterpiece (built 1895–1901), studded with exotic timbers and sporting a central glass dome infused with African-inspired plant motifs. Its owner, Baron Van Eetvelde, was Minister for the Congo and, not coincidentally, the country’s highest-paid civil servant.